16 July

THE festival of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount
Carmel.—The same day, the birthday of St.
Faustus, a martyr, under Decius. He lived five
days fastened on a cross, and being then pierced
with arrows, he went to heaven.—At Sebaste, in
Armenia, the holy martyrs Athenogenes, bishop, and
ten of his disciples, in the time of the emperor Diocletian.—At Antioch, in Syria, the birthday of
blessed Eustathius, bishop and confessor, celebrated
for learning and sanctity. Under the Arian emperor Constantius, for the defence of the Catholic
faith, he was banished to Trajanopolis, in Thracia,
where he rested in the Lord.—The same day, St.
Hilarinus, monk, who was arrested with St. Donatus in the persecution of Julian. As he would not
sacrifice to idols, he was beaten with rods, and died
a martyr at Arezzo, in Tuscany. His body was
translated to Ostia.—At Treves, St. Valentine, bishop and martyr.—At Cordova, in Spain, St. Sisenandus, deacon and martyr, who was strangled by the
Saracens for the faith of Chirst.—At Saintes, in
France, the holy martyrs Raineldes, virgin, and her
companions, who were massacred by barbarians for
the Christian faith.—At Bergamo, St. Domnio, martyr.—At Capua, St. Vitalian, bishop and confessor.